im new to dmr and i have a vhf md380 orderd , just wondering is there many users of it in the north here and how you go about programming, private users etc seems to me analog vhf is dying out and everyone is going digital?

Not sure what VHF DMR repeaters u have over there but here in Yorks its all UHF n a right cracking system...
I too have an MD380 but UHF...also run a DP3600 n DM4600 in the car... Really getting into DMR even though its not 'proper ' radio !